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SPN Cannot Bootstrap

Open stenya opened this issue 3 weeks ago • 2 comments

Sometimes the SPN fails to initialize. The application displays the message “SPN Cannot Bootstrap” and status "SPN failed to connect". Only performing an SPN re-initialization resolves the issue.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Enable SPN
  2. Disable SPN
  3. Modify any parameter in the app’s Global Settings
  4. Enable SPN again

Observed result: SPN fails to connect and the message “SPN Cannot Bootstrap” appears.

Expected result: SPN should connect without any issues.

stenya avatar Dec 09 '25 12:12 stenya

@gorkapernas v2.1.7 Note: UI app requires a manual restart after an automatic update

stenya avatar Dec 09 '25 22:12 stenya

Verified on v2.1.7, all platforms, the issues are no longer reproducible.

gorkapernas avatar Dec 12 '25 12:12 gorkapernas

https://github.com/safing/portmaster/releases/tag/v2.1.7

stenya avatar Dec 17 '25 12:12 stenya